The 1974 Australian Sports Car Championship was an Australian motor racing competition open to Group A Sports Cars and Group D Production Sports Cars. [1] It was authorised by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as an Australian National Title. [1]
Th championship, which was the sixth Australian Sports Car Championship, [2] was won by Henry Michell driving an Elfin 360 Repco. [3]
The championship was contested over a four-round series with one race per round. [3]
| Round [3] | Round name | Circuit [3] | Date | Winner [3] | Car [3] |
| 1 | Adelaide International Raceway | 31 March [3] | Lionel Ayers | Rennmax Repco | |
| 2 | Calder Raceway | 26 May [4] | Lionel Ayers | Rennmax Repco | |
| 3 | Endeavour Cup [5] | Phillip Island | 13 October [3] | Garrie Cooper | Elfin MS7 [3] Repco Holden [6] |
| 4 | Symmons Plains | 11 November [7] | Garrie Cooper | Elfin MS7 [3] Repco Holden [6] |
Cars competed in two engine displacement classes: [1]
Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first six place-getters in each class. [1] Additional points were awarded on a 4-3-2-1 basis to the first four place-getters outright, irrespective of class. [1]
| Position | Driver [8] | Car [9] | Entrant [9] | Ade. [8] | Cal. [8] | Phi. [8] | Sym. [8] | Total [8] |
| 1 | Henry Michell | Elfin 360 Repco [3] | Henry Michell [10] | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 47 |
| 2 | Lionel Ayers | Rennmax Repco | Lionel Ayers | 13 | 13 | - | - | 26 |
| = | Garrie Cooper | Elfin MS7 Repco Holden [6] | Ansett Team Elfin [7] | - | - | 13 | 13 | 26 |
| 4 | Bill O'Gorman | Matich SR5 Waggott [7] | Singapore Airlines | - | 6 | 8 | - | 14 |
| 5 | Peter Jones | Farrell Clubman | Motor Improvements [5] | - | 4 | 7 | - | 11 |
| 6 | Robin Pare | Elfin ME5 Chevrolet | Donald Elliott | - | 9 | - | - | 9 |
| 7 | Eric Boord | Boral Ford | Shell Racing Team | 8 | - | - | - | 8 |
| = | Peter Turnbull | Turnham GM6 Holden | P. Turnbull [7] | - | - | - | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | Barry Randall | Rennmax Repco Brabham | Litre Motors | 7 | - | - | - | 7 |
| = | Alan Gissing | Gissing Holden [3] | Alan Gissing | 4 | 3 | - | - | 7 |
| 11 | Alan Newton | R&T Chevrolet [3] | A. Newton [5] | - | - | 6 | - | 6 |
| 12 | Stuart Kostera | Kostera SR3A Chevrolet [11] | Stuart Kostera Racing [12] | - | 5 | - | - | 5 |
| 13 | Doug Clark | Wright Renault | Doug Clark | 4 | - | - | - | 4 |
| = | Paul Gibson | Lotus 23B Oldsmobile [11] | Paul Gibson | - | - | 4 | - | 4 |
| 15 | John Phillips | Farrell Galant [10] | Kookaburra Racing Team | 3 | - | - | - | 3 |
| = | Mike Drewer | Farrell CI/P | M. J. Drewer | - | 3 | - | - | 3 |
| = | Ross Wemyss | Farrell Toyota | Drug Houses of Australia [5] | - | - | 3 | - | 3 |
| 18 | Jim Doig | Motorlab ASP [10] | Motorlab Racing | 2 | - | - | - | 2 |
| = | Vaughan Gibson | Farrell Clubman [12] | Linc Contemporary [12] | - | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| 20 | Peter Hunter | Lotus Super 7 [10] | Peter Hunter | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
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